1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
i57 
A Grain of Sand. 
“ Between ns and hell or heaven there is 
nothing but life, which Is of all things the 
frailest.” 
One of the greatest of Frenchmen at¬ 
tributed the death of Cromwell, the subse¬ 
quent ruin of his family, and the overthrow 
of his government to a seemingly trivial 
cause, “ a grain of sand.” 
Uo not neglect slight symptoms of dis¬ 
ease. “ While I was musing the fire 
burned.” 
Drs. Starkey & Palkh Mrs. Lat- 
shaw had a severe attack of pneumonia. 
She barely escaped with her life ; her lungs 
were very badly affected. In this condition 
she used your Compound Oxygen Treat¬ 
ment with great benefit and is now better 
and stronger than at any time since the 
first attack of the disease.” Rkv. D LAT- 
snAW, Parker’s Landing, Pa., Oct. 8, 1888. 
Drs. Starkey & Palkn:— “ Your Com¬ 
pound Oxygen Treatment has saved my 
wife several times from pneumonia.”—S. 
M. Jerome, No DSGrand Ave., New Haven, 
Conn., Jan. 3, 1890. 
There’s a 200-page book, full of such in¬ 
dorsements as the above. If you want it, 
it is yours, free of charge. Address 
Drs. Starkey & Palkn, No. 1529 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, Pa., or 120 Sutter 
Street, San Francisco, California.— Adv. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERED BY DR. KILBORNE. 
Lice on Cattle and In Stable. 
II. C. P., Gladdens, Pa. —1. What causes, 
and what is the cure for piles in hogs ? 2. 
What will destroy lice on cattle; what get 
rid of them in a stable infested with them 
for years ? 
Ans.— 1. The causes are indigestion and 
costiveness. Correct the diet and feed 
more on laxative foods, so as to keep the 
bowels moving easily. 2. One of the safest 
and most effectual means of destroying 
lice on cattle, is to sponge them over thor¬ 
oughly with a warm decoction of tobacco 
—one pound of good leaf tobacco or two 
pounds of tobacco stems to each three gal¬ 
lons of water. The decoction is made by 
pouring the boiling water over the tobacco, 
covering and allowing it to stand until suf¬ 
ficiently cooled for use. Repeat the appli¬ 
cation in six to nine days. The second ap¬ 
plication is for the purpose of killing a few 
lice that will hatch out after the first wash¬ 
ing—the decoction then not killing all the 
eggs and nits—and also any that may have 
escaped the first wash. The two applica¬ 
tions will, if thorough, effectually rid the 
cattle of all the lice. The stable may be 
thoroughly washed with the tobacco water, 
or kerosene emulsion; whitewashed with 
freshly slaked quicklime, or sprayed with 
kerosene. Either of these will kill all the 
lice within reach of the wasli. Are fowls 
kept in the same building ? If so they 
should either be removed to a separate 
building, or that portion occupied by them 
should be cleaned and washed or white¬ 
washed once a month. The fowls them¬ 
selves may be thoroughly dusted with fine 
air slaked quicklime. 
Knee Swelling and Lameness In a 
Cow. 
W. D. II., East Park, 1 V. Y .—The knee 
joints and hips of my cow have been swollen 
and she has been quite lame for over a 
month. After a rubbing with strong 
liniment, the swelling but not the lame¬ 
ness disappears. The swelling returns if 
the place isn’t rubbed two or three times a 
day. The animal eats well and gives a good 
mess of milk, but I do not use the milk for 
human food, owing to the unhealthy con¬ 
dition of the cow. 
Ans.—G ive the cow a dose of salts to 
open the bowels—-one to one and a-half 
pound of Epsom salts with two ounces of 
ginger, according to the size and general 
condition of the animal. Repeat the dose 
in 48 hours if the bowels are not freely 
moved. Feed in part on mashes, slop or 
roots, sufficient to keep the bowels rather 
loose. Continue the daily use of strong 
liniment already used, or substitute strong 
aqua ammonia and sweet oil, equal parts, 
well shaken together. Should the skin be¬ 
come quite tender or blistered omit the 
liniment for a few days. Internally give 
one of the following powders in the feed 
three times daily: bicarbonate of soda, one 
pound; nitrate of potash, eight ounces; sul¬ 
phate of soda, one pound; mix and make 
into 20 powders. It would not be advis¬ 
able to use the milk for young children; 
but for other purposes it is probably whole¬ 
some, if the local trouble is not sufficient to 
pause any general fever, 
Veterinary Diagram of a Horse, etc. 
E. C. A., Aberdeen, S. D. —1. Where can 
I get a diagram of a horse showing all the 
bones, and the blood and nervous systems 
as woll as the position of the fetus at differ¬ 
ent times during the period of gestation? 2. 
My neighbor has a horse which appears 
strong and healthy, but on feeding him the 
least bit of corn he goes almost blind and 
lots of matter run from his eyes; but when 
the attempt to feed corn ceases, he gradu¬ 
ally recovers. What can be done for him? 
Ans.— 1. A chart 22 by 28 inches, (Veter¬ 
inary Diagrams No. 1.) showing, by colored 
illustrations, the external regions of the 
horse, skeleton and muscles, and the diges¬ 
tive, circulatory and nervous systems, can 
be obtained of W. R. Jenkins, No. 851 (5th 
Ave., or of Sabiston & Murray No. 910 6th 
Ave., New York city. Price $1.50. There 
is, I believe, no chart printed showing the 
position of the fetus during the period of 
gestation. Veterinary Obstetrics by Flem¬ 
ing, contains numerous illustrations show¬ 
ing both the normal and abnormal presen¬ 
tations of the fetus at parturition ; but 
none showing the position during gesta¬ 
tion. This excellent work can be obtained 
of either of the above dealers ; price $0; or 
both can be obtained of the Rural Publish¬ 
ing Company. 2. Avoid feeding the corn 
or similar heating feeds, keep the bowels 
moderately loose by feeding roots, grass or 
an occasional bran mash. 
Heifer With Five Teats. 
A. F. M., Marbtnsbury, Mo .—My year¬ 
ling heifer has five teats, two on one side 
and three on the other. Can I cut out the 
middle one without injuring the animal ? 
Ans. —If all three teats of that side are 
equally well developed, it might not be safe 
to remove either of them at present. If, 
however, the middle teat is only partially 
developed, it can be safely removed. In 
the former case, it would be safer to wait 
until the heifer becomes fresh; then to 
milk only the two teats which promise to 
give the largest flow of milk, and allow the 
third to become dry, if it will do so with¬ 
out serious caking of the udder. Then, 
when the heifer is “dried off,” the super- 
II uous teat may be removed. 
Rough Coat, Warts, and Abrasion of 
Skin In a Mare. 
Subscriber (address mislaid ).—Although 
my two-year-old mare eats oats and appears 
woll, she doesn’t thrive well. Her hair 
doesn’t lie down smoothly when she is 
warmed up. Where the skin has been 
abraded the hair does not grow again, 
and her nose is a perfect bed of seed warts. 
What should be done for her ? 
Ans.—T he described condition of the 
hair, at this time of the year, is not neces¬ 
sarily an indication of unthriftiness. The 
care and attention a horse receives have 
much to do with the appearance of the coat. 
During the cold weather the hair of many 
horses, especially those with rather long 
hair, cannot be made to lie down smoothly 
as in summer. Thorough daily grooming 
and blanketing in the stable will overcome 
this tendency in part, and greatly improve 
the appearance of the animal. The feeding 
of ground flaxseed will also increase the 
gloss and improve the coat. If the hair 
seems dead and the mare hidebound, try 
the course of treatment advised for “ Horse 
Out of Condition,” in a late Rural. 
To the abrased skin apply daily bep- 
zoated oxide of zinc ointment, to be ob¬ 
tained of any good druggist. When nearly 
or quite healed over apply an ointment of 
one part of best pine tar, melted with two 
parts of vaseline. The hair should grow 
out again if the abrasion has not been so 
deep as to destroy the hair follicles. 
The warts are probably not the result of 
the conditions above described. They are 
of course the result of some condition pre¬ 
sent in the mare, but just what condi¬ 
tion will cause them on one animal and not 
on another, I do not know. To remove the 
warts, try the daily application of strong 
acetic acid. If this fails to remove them, 
touch them daily with nitric acid; the 
nitric acid must be used cautiously and 
is best applied slowly with a small stick of 
soft wood, the end of which is bruised to 
form a short brush. Care must be taken 
not to let the nitric acid come in contact with 
any portion of the flesh except the warts, 
and not to apply enough at once so that 
there will be danger of its spreading to the 
adjacent skin. The danger can be easily 
avoided by covering the surrounding skin 
with lard or other thick, oily substance. 
These precautions are not so necessary with 
the milder acetic acid. 
Experience With Milk Fever. 
I have recently had In my stable four 
cases of milk fever in four fresh cows in 
succession within the space of one month. 
I think this almost unprecedented. I was 
told that I had fed the cows too strongly 
before calving, and that I had kept them 
stabled too closely, but I had given them 
nothing except a very little corn meal or 
bran—about a handful or so—twice a day, 
and hay and corn fodder. I would like to 
hear some of the experiences of correspon¬ 
dents of The Rural with this disease, and 
also their preventives or remedies for it. 
Of the four cows mentioned two died ; all 
were excellent milkers. saml. ykaklk. 
Montgomery Co, , Pa. 
R. N.-Y.—This subscriber has read all 
that we have printed concerning this 
disease. This is printed here to call out 
discussion from those who may have had a 
similar experience. 
SILO FOR ONE HUNDRED CATTLE. 
O. H. P., Iowa .—How large should be a 
silo capable of holding ensilage enough for 
100 head of stock, and what material is best 
and cheapest ? 
ANSWERED BY JOHN GOULD. 
I have no doubt that the wooden silo 
built, in this case, of 2x12 inch studding, 
and 20 feet deep, would be the best. Two 
hundred cubic feet of settled silage would 
be required for each head of stock, so 
that if a full feed twice per day were given 
for 180 days, a little over four tons each of 
ensilage would be required. At a rough 
guess, a silo 50 feet long and 20 feet wide 
and deep would be required. On firm soil 
—clay or its equivalent—a 12 inch square 
timber sill trenched ffrmly into the ground, 
will make a good foundation which might 
be made a little firmer with a couple of 
cross sills, the whole being now painted 
with gas tar. The walls may be double- 
boarded inside with tar paper between, 
cheap lumber, or single ceiling being used, 
with matched flooring. In either case the 
paint should be made of gas tar and 
gasoline. For a floor 1 know of nothing 
better than clay well pounded down and 
coming upon the inside of the walls a foot— 
making the silo slightly kettle-shaped in 
the bottom. If I were to build a silo 50 feet 
long, I would put in one partition to help 
hold the walls from springing out, and also 
prevent too great an exposure of ensilage 
when feeding. The outside should be cov¬ 
ered with shiplap to make an air space so 
as to resist now and then an awfully cold 
Western winter. The roof can be made to 
act as a cross truss to the silo, by spiking 
the rafters flatways to the tops of the 
studding and putting in under cross rafters, 
spiking the rafter and under brace to the 
same stud. 
Corn cobs ashed or charred make fine 
“ bone food” for hogs. 
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advertisers. 
NOTICE. 
The Vermont Farm Machine Go., 
of Hollows I'nlls, Vermont, has been ap¬ 
pointed Sole Licensee and Agent fortlicsalc 
of the Combined Itnttcr Extractor and 
Scpa.ru.ior., and other manufactured product of 
< i' i mted states Butter Extractor Co. 
Now York, Jan. 27th, lHitl. GEO. HOADLEY, I’ros’t. 
11. G. TAUilE, General Manager. 
E X T RA C TO R-SEPAR AT OR. 
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and Kiiitranlce 
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and do tliorougli 
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If It Is not desired 
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hotter dlreclly 
from the milk,then 
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OVER 20,000 NOW IN USE 
Factory Established 
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WARRANTED 
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